Steòrnabhagh a Tuath (English: Stornoway North) is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Murdo MacLeod Iain MacKenzie Roddie MacKay Neil Campbell
2012 Gordon Murray
(SNP)
Iain MacLean MacAulay
2017 Neil MacKay
2022 Duncan MacInnes Malcolm Kenneth MacDonald

Election results

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2022 election

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Steòrnabhagh a Tuath – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SNP Gordon Murray (incumbent) 23.3 315                
Independent Duncan MacInnes 20.0 271                
Independent Iain M. MacAulay (incumbent) 17.9 242 252 256 259 272        
Independent Malcolm K. MacDonald 14.8 201 210 213 215 226 227 243 265 328
Independent Calum B. MacKay 9.9 134 137 139 141 147 148 162 179  
Independent Tracy Dinner 4.2 57 61 61 71 74 74 80    
Independent Malcolm I. McTaggart 4.1 55 57 60 63 65 65      
Independent Willie MacRae 3.3 44 46 46 49          
Independent Maxi MacNeill 1.7 23 25 25            
Independent John M. MacMillan 0.9 12 13              
Electorate: 3,097   Valid: 1,354   Spoilt: 25   Quota: 271   Turnout: 44.5%  

Source:[2]

2017 Election

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2017 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election[3]

Steòrnabhagh a Tuath - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Gordon Murray (incumbent) 34.42 486        
Independent Roddie MacKay (incumbent) 28.19 398        
Independent Iain MacLean MacAulay (incumbent) 17.63 249 321.26      
Independent Neil MacKay 10.27 145 190.11 251.37 269.71 357.66
Independent Lesley McKenzie 9.49 134 163.66 176.37 183.17  
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 1,412   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 283   Turnout: 1,440 (48.1%)  

2012 Election

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2012 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

Steòrnabhagh a Tuath - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Independent Iain MacKenzie (incumbent) 20.68% 299                
Independent Roddie MacKay (incumbent) 18.12% 262 264.1 272.1 294.1          
SNP Mohammed Ahmed 12.17% 176 176.4 179.5 182.5 182.8 194.9 207.1 218.2  
SNP Gordon Murray 12.03% 174 174.7 180.7 192.7 193.2 208.4 228.7 251.1 358.4
Independent Murdo Murray 8.30% 120 121.8 123.8 128.4 129.4 142.6 160.9    
Independent Iain MacLean MacAulay 7.12% 103 103.5 109.6 117.7 118.4 145.7 177.3 221.9 249.0
Independent David Morrison 6.36% 92 93.1 97.1 104.1 104.8        
Independent Neil Campbell (incumbent) 6.29% 91 91.5 92.5            
Independent Jackie MacKay (incumbent) 6.15% 89 89.8 95.8 108.1 108.8 123.2      
Labour Kevin Paterson 2.77% 40 40.2              
Electorate: 2,986   Valid: 1,446   Spoilt: 25   Quota: 290   Turnout: 1,471 (48.42)%  

2007 Election

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2007 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, 2007: Steòrnabhagh a Tuath
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Independent Murdo MacLeod 920 50.3 1 1
Independent Roddie MacKay 305 16.7 2 2
Independent Iain MacKenzie 212 11.6 3 3
Independent Neil Campbell 168 9.2 4 7
Liberal Democrats John Chisholm Cole 108 5.9
Independent Angus MacMillan 95 5.2
Independent Colin Scott 20 1.1

References

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  1. ^ @BallotBoxScot (11 September 2019). "Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles) (1/3);Apologies for lost accents on the Gaelic here, the software didn't lik…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Faulds, Allan. "Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 2022". Ballot Box Scotland. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Local Government Elections 2017".